| In Trading Card
Fraud Trial Fight on Cooperator
Detailing Defendant Wanting
Revenge on PSA
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Jan 15 – Two men were charged
with trading card fraud in
2024. On January 14, 2026
before U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge Ronnie Abrams, one
of them testified against the
other. Inner City Press was
there, and live tweeted, here:
Witness: I think
Anthony [Curcio] wanted
revenge on PSA. He was working
on a short movie. He also
thought we should make money
off youth
basketball
Witness: A card
buyer from NY called and
threatened me, mentioned my
ex-wife. Then a guy
called from Dallas, said he'd
fly and find me. Anthony told
me he resolved it with them.
On January 15,
after other witnesses, the
cooperator was back on the
stand, still on direct. He was
shown photos of his
co-defendant's Lego mansion,
and use of his name in
e-mails.
Behind the
scenes, the parties exchange
letters about the scope of
cross examination of the
cooperator, how much of
Curcio's history with and
feelings about PSA can get in.
Both letters on Patreon here
More on X for
Subscribers here
and Substack here
The case is USA
v. Curcio, 1:24-cr-312
(Abrams)
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